Staff Reporter :
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Thursday demanded a fresh gazette notification from the government on the disciplinary rules for lower court judges in line with the Supreme Court directives in Masdar Hossain case.
“A separate secretariat for the judiciary is a long desired demand of us. But there is no provision now for it in the gazette notification issued recently. So, we are demanding a fresh gazette notification on the disciplinary rules for the lower court judges in line with the Supreme Court directives in Masdar Hossain case which will open the window for establishing a separate secretariat,” the Bar leaders said in a written statement in a press briefing.
At a press briefing at the SCBA auditorium, the bar association’s President Advocate Zainul Abedin read out the written statement. Bar Secretary Barrister A M Mahbub Uddin Khokan and other bar leaders were present on the occasion.
Meanwhile, another faction protested the SCBA’s demand. Advocate Md Ozi Ullah, Senior Vice-President of the SCBA said, the demand placed by SCBA President Zainul Abedin is tantamount to contempt of court as the Supreme Court had already accepted the Gazette notification issued by the government on the disciplinary rules for the lower court judges.
So, there is no scope of establishing a separate secretariat for the judiciary until the Supreme Court rules are amended. They made the statement at a press briefing in the media centre of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court accepted the rules formulated by the government for the lower court judges.
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Thursday demanded a fresh gazette notification from the government on the disciplinary rules for lower court judges in line with the Supreme Court directives in Masdar Hossain case.
“A separate secretariat for the judiciary is a long desired demand of us. But there is no provision now for it in the gazette notification issued recently. So, we are demanding a fresh gazette notification on the disciplinary rules for the lower court judges in line with the Supreme Court directives in Masdar Hossain case which will open the window for establishing a separate secretariat,” the Bar leaders said in a written statement in a press briefing.
At a press briefing at the SCBA auditorium, the bar association’s President Advocate Zainul Abedin read out the written statement. Bar Secretary Barrister A M Mahbub Uddin Khokan and other bar leaders were present on the occasion.
Meanwhile, another faction protested the SCBA’s demand. Advocate Md Ozi Ullah, Senior Vice-President of the SCBA said, the demand placed by SCBA President Zainul Abedin is tantamount to contempt of court as the Supreme Court had already accepted the Gazette notification issued by the government on the disciplinary rules for the lower court judges.
So, there is no scope of establishing a separate secretariat for the judiciary until the Supreme Court rules are amended. They made the statement at a press briefing in the media centre of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court accepted the rules formulated by the government for the lower court judges.
